A Polish-Scottish singing group is holding online meetings to bring different cultures together across the north-east during the pandemic.
The Elphinstone Institute’s Polish-Scottish Song Group has been running workshops once or twice a month for almost a decade.
The group has previously performed in Aberdeen, Peterhead, and at the Scottish Traditional Boat Festival at Portsoy – but haven’t been able to meet face-to -face in months due to lockdown.
Now thanks to funding from the Home-Hame-Дом-Dom project, the group has been able to arrange four online meetings which are free to join – two this month and two in October.
The group’s co-ordinator, Nicolas Le Bigre, said the Zoom sessions aren’t exclusive to Polish and Scottish people though.
He said: “We’ve had people from dozens of different countries such as Ghana and Japan take part before too.
“It’s not about being the best singer, it’s about having a safe space to share your culture with others and have a good time.”
The workshops are led by Aberdeen traditional singer Janice Clark.
Project co-ordinator, Claire Needler, said: “One of the challenges of Covid-19 is how to maintain a sense of social connection when we are spending so much time at home, and I think this is especially true for people who are living a long way from home.”
The first session will commence on Thursday from 7-9pm.
For more information, or to join the mailing list, people should contact n.lebigre@abdn.ac.uk
